roman
part of speech
adjective (Roman — with a capital R); noun (a Roman, Romans)
meaning for a pupil
1) Connected with ancient Rome, a powerful empire long ago around the Mediterranean Sea. tree →
2) A person from ancient Rome or from the city of Rome today. tree →
3) "roman" with a small r: ordinary upright print, not italic. tree →
4) A Roman candle is a firework that shoots out bright sparks and balls of fire. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons pupils learn about the Romans: their roads, baths, soldiers and buildings, and Hadrian's Wall in Britain. In maths, Roman numerals are I, V, X, L, C, D and M. Phrases: Roman numerals, the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers, Roman roads.
examples
- The Romans built long straight roads. tree →
- Roman soldiers were called legionaries. tree →
- We are learning to read Roman numerals. tree →
- In Roman numerals, X means ten. tree →
- The clock has Roman numerals on its face. tree →
- Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans. tree →
- The Roman Empire was huge. tree →
- “Nonsense!” said the Roman Candle, “Romance never dies. tree →
note
Usually written with a capital R. Roman numerals: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1000. A smaller numeral before a bigger one is taken away: IV = 4, IX = 9; after it is added: VI = 6, XI = 11. There is no Roman numeral for zero.
In the corpora
- Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.
- Real life: Stone Age people in Britain did not write; writing came to Britain with the Romans, about 2,000 years ago.
- Zara built her school project, a Roman villa, in Minecraft and showed it on the class screen.
- Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian all grew out of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.
- In AD 79 Vesuvius buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and pyroclastic flows.
Trees and pragmatics
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